Another couple of tabs I've had open in my browser since the weekend:

• Gut feelings: the future of psychiatry may be inside your stomach
• Fasting or Caloric Restriction, What Holds Greater Promise as a Means of Life Extension?

Dot connecting. My favorite thing to do, and the more diverse the sources, the better. I think I'm at my relative best as simply an integrator and synthesizer. Everyone else can pretend they know shit they don't; be authoritative: 'cause that's what everyone seeks. I think the best knowledge is found in pieces, from itsy bits some people know about but never have the complete picture of, and you put it all together. So, I like to assemble where I can, even with bits from vegans like Dr. Greger. I laf when people say, "but he's a vegan;" just as I do when people say, "but Dr. Eades is LC carnivorous." This signals the root of the problem and obstacle, to me. Nobody has the complete picture. Lots of people have bits and pieces, and they're typically pitted against one-another and often enough by us side-seekers. Any semblance of a complete picture gets obscured in the rush for those sides, betting on which one wins.

And everybody loses.

OK, so about the articles.